Floor Space per ANZSIC Industry for Melbourne City Blocks, 2002-2024

Data from the City of Melbourne's Census of Land Use and Employment (CLUE) covers the period 2002-2024. It shows floor space in square meters per city block, classified by ANZSIC1 industry and small area allocation. The dataset is confidentialised to protect commercially sensitive business information.

Use Cases

• Analyze commercial property density by industry sector based on ANZSIC classification.
• Track changes in floor space allocation across Melbourne city blocks over a 22-year period.
• Model urban economic activity and land use patterns based on confidentialised business floor space data.
• Compare industry-specific spatial footprints within small area allocations mentioned in the description.

Strengths

• Covers a 22-year time range from 2002 to 2024.
• Includes unique codes for residential, vacant, open, and common area floor space, though these are excluded from the main dataset.
• Row totals reflect true totals, including data suppressed for confidentiality.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Data in cells pertaining to two or fewer businesses have been suppressed, creating gaps.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

City of Melbourne Open Data

Collection Method

Collected as part of the City of Melbourne's Census of Land Use and Employment (CLUE).

Time Range

2002-2024

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-28 08:13:42.620889; freshness should be verified.

Geography

City of Melbourne, Australia (CLUE blocks)